Trump ‘Bristled’ Hearing Robert Mueller And William Barr Are Close Friends, Even Though Barr Already Told Him

A new CNN report says that when Donald Trump heard his attorney general nominee William Barr testify to his close friendship with Robert Mueller, he complained to aides.

Perhaps the central issue in this week’s confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr, 68, has been whether or not Barr will interfere with the investigation into possible collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. The investigation, led by Robert Mueller, is described by Trump as a “witch hunt,” as Vox.com explained, and a “hoax” dozens, perhaps hundreds of times.

Before Barr’s testimony on Tuesday, and after it as well — as writer Adam Server wrote for the Atlantic magazine — serious questions have been raised as to Barr’s impartiality regarding the Mueller investigation, and prevailing speculation has it that Trump…